Wallisia


Wallisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It is also in the Tillandsioideae subfamily.
Its native range is central and southern Tropical America and Trinidad and Tobago.

Known species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online :
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Wallisia anceps Barfuss & W.TillCentral America, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas, Venezuela and northern Brazil
Wallisia cyanea Barfuss & W.TillEcuador
Wallisia × duvalii Barfuss & W.Till
Ecuador.
Wallisia lindeniana É.MorrenEcuador
Wallisia pretiosa Barfuss & W.TillEcuador

The genus name of Wallisia is in honour of Gustav Wallis, a German plant collector.
It was first described and published in Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère Vol.20 on page 97 in 1870.